Muslim chaplaincy service for the University of Otago

Monday, April 1st, 2019

A long-planned Muslim chaplaincy service for the University of Otago will be officially launched today.

Two chaplains are taking up part-time, voluntary roles providing pastoral care and spiritual support to Muslim students – retired political lecturer Dr Najib Lafraie, a former Afghanistan foreign minister who fled the Taliban, and Salmah Kassim, a former diplomatic officer at the Malaysian High Commission in Wellington. Continue reading

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